Lead Clinician

Outcomes First Group; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to include

Your Wellbeing Matters – health & MH

Family Growth Support – enhanced leave

Health, wellbeing and insurancebenefit

Discount options UK & abroad

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Critical illness cover

Job summary

Outcomes First Group is seeking a Lead Clinician at Brick Lane School in London. You will manage the in-house clinical team, split between leadership and therapy caseload, delivering tailored assessments and intervention plans for students with autism and SEMH needs.

You will work with SLT and the Regional Clinical Lead to develop services, supervise staff, and ensure EHCP objectives are met, while maintaining high professional standards and safeguarding practices.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Speech & Language Therapy with HCPC registration
• Experience with autistic individuals and/or complex needs
• Strong report writing for clinical and research activities
• Experience providing supervision to a therapy team
• Ability to work independently and within a growing clinical service

Responsibilities

• Lead the in-house Clinical Team at Brick Lane School and collaborate with SLT and Regional Clinical Lead
• Deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for students with complex profiles
• Coordinate line management of onsite clinicians and develop the clinical school-based service
• Ensure EHCP targets are met through target-led clinical approaches and multi-disciplinary collaboration

Skills

Therapy supervision

Team leadership

Report writing

Independent working

Autism/complex needs experience

Education

BSc or MSc in Speech & Language Therapy

HCPC registration

RCSLT membership

Job description

Job Title: Lead Clinician
Location: Brick Lane School - London E2 6DY
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (pro rata, DOE)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday 8.30am-4.30pm
Contract: Permanent (52 weeks)

In a world where the demand for clinical support is increasing daily, we understand the importance and value of the work you carry out. Your unique skills and expertise are critical to building better outcomes for our students. This is why we aim to have a multidisciplinary clinical team for each of our sites to provide this vital provision in collaboration with our education teams. Creating an environment where our students can truly flourish and grow in independence is key.

About Outcomes First Group

Every student is unique. Education should be personalised around them.

For more than 20 years, OFG Education has developed a deep understanding of how education designed around the individual can improve outcomes. We know that when students are understood - their strengths, interests, ambitions, starting points and needs - we can create personalised pathways that help them achieve and thrive. Across our specialist schools, independent schools, online provision and support services, every student benefits from education shaped around who they are and what they can become. We combine educational and clinical expertise with research, evidence-informed practice, innovation and technology, underpinned by consistently high standards.

From deep specialist support to exceptional academic challenge, we are ambitious for every student, helping them achieve academically, discover their strengths and develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and attitudes they need for learning, work and life.

Every student. Every pathway. Every future

To find out more about our segments and expert services, visit: www.outcomesfirstgroup.co.uk/our-services

The role:

We are looking for a Lead Clinician to manage our in-house Clinical Team at Brick Lane School. The postholder will work collaboratively with both the school's Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Regional Clinical Lead. The role will be split between clinically leading the team and holding a therapy caseload. Working collaboratively with the team, the postholder will deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for our students who may present with complex profiles of need as a result of autism and other types of neurodivergence, developmental trauma and social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. Meeting the needs of EHCP plans will be a primary focus in this role, target-led, via the OFG 'all', 'group' and 'individual' clinical ways of working, embedded into our clinical practice. They will also be responsible for coordinating the line management of the members of the onsite clinical team and leading on the service development of the clinical school-based service, alongside the school SLT and Regional Clinical Lead.

Location:

Brick Lane School - London E2 6DY - Brick Lane School forms part of our Options Autism brand, and is an independent specialist day school, supporting students aged 5 - 18

Essential Criteria:

• BSc or MSc in Speech & Language Therapy
• A Registered Practitioner with the HCPC and RCSLT
• Valid and up to date professional Registration & membership of professional body e.g. BPS
• Experience within the specialist client group; working with autistic individuals and/or those with complex needs.
• Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities
• Experience of providing supervision and supporting a therapy team
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work dynamically and within a growing and developing clinical service
• Experience of multi-professional work with teams or services within the designated specialty preferred

Why work for us?

Alongside working with a network of over 350 clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offer an array of flexible benefit options:

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward and flexible benefits package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students. All successful applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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